Can’t tell you how the McHenry County Clerk’s Office knows how many votes have been cast on this Election Day, but the statistics are below: Note the changes from 6:55 last night here. Polls are open until 7 PM. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Voting
A Friend of McHenry County Blog reports problems in Nunda Township at the precinct that votes at Prairie Isle Golf Club. Accompanying the photo was the following: Inadequately trained election judges and malfunctioning equipment causing stagnant lines and voter chaos … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog can point to specific individuals who voted in Grafton and Nunda Townships who had problems with electronic voting. A half dozen people have reported having trouble getting votes for Donald Trump to “take.” Four times a husband … Continue reading
Found this at the Nunda Township food giveaway last Friday. It was worn by probably the oldest woman in the room. Early voting continues today, but, let me warn you that at some polling places–especially Huntley’s–voters continue to have to … Continue reading
From someone who was at the Crystal Lake City Hall to vote early: I do hope this does not go awry, but this morning at the CL cop shop early voting began and guess what we all which were many … Continue reading
Democratic Party State’s Attorney candidate Ray Flavin has a new campaign technique. Sitting outside the McHenry County Administrative Building, where people can cast early votes, was this young man holding a Flavin sign. … Continue reading
“SHALL THE NUMBER OF COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS BE REDUCED FROM THE CURRENT 24 MEMBERS?” That’s the question the McHenry County Board will vote upon on Tuesday at its Board meeting. If Pat Quinn did nothing else, he proved through his … Continue reading
The following memo is from the State Board of Elections employee tasked to take a look at the conduct of the primary elections by McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellen. The investigation was requested by State Rep. David McSweeney. I visited … Continue reading
An email to McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan, the information in which would have been put on the suggestion sheet that used to be included in precinct materials given to every precinct: Mchenry County Clerk Mary McClellan Hi Mary: I … Continue reading
The press release below from the McHenry County Clerk’s Office mentions objections filed to Presidential petitions. The most important of those seems to be the one claiming that U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is not a natural born citizen. The other … Continue reading
McHenry County voters stayed home in droves on April 7th. Only 10.9% of those registered to vote did so. That’s about 22,496 people. In a two-way race, that means just over 5% of the voters could decide who rules. In … Continue reading
This is what appeared on McHenry County tax bill envelopes one year during the late 1960’s when I was McHenry County Treasurer. The message has stood the test of time. … Continue reading
A press release from the Paul Schimpf for Attorney General campaign: PAUL SCHIMPF CALLS ON ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTORAL PROCESS WATERLOO, IL– Republican Attorney General Candidate Paul Schimpf issued the following statement in response to … Continue reading
The voter turnout figures for McHenry County’s March 18, 2014, Primary Election are below. Let’s look at those precincts and see where 25% or more of the voters turned out. 40.2% – Grafton 15 (Margo Bunda ran uncontested for committeeman, … Continue reading
After reading about State Rep. David McSweeney’s bill to freeze the amount of money that the Town Funds of township government can get for one year, a friend of McHenry County Blog did some research on population and voting information … Continue reading
Gus Philpott, publisher of Woodstock Advocate, has been watching the General Assembly in action recently. You can, too. Look here. The last days of the session are particularly busy and often run late into the night. And what do visitors … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE TO CONDUCT ELECTION DAY MONITORING ELECTION DAY HOTLINE: (312) 469-6157 CHICAGO — The U.S. Attorney’s Office will monitor the general election in Chicago and surrounding suburbs on Tuesday, Nov. … Continue reading
Whenever folks see something on Chicago TV or in the Chicago Tribune or Sun-Times, they place inordinate significance to the subject matter. If it matters to those news deciders, then it must be important, right? Monday the woman who called … Continue reading